All provisions of this subchapter shall be applicable to rooming houses and bed and breakfast establishments, and to every person who operates a rooming house or a bed and breakfast establishment or who operates or lets to another for occupancy any rooming unit in any rooming house or bed and breakfast establishment, except as provided in the following divisions:
(A) Water closet, hand lavatory and bath facilities. At least one water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, properly connected to an approved water and sewer system and in good working condition, shall be supplied for each four rooms within a rooming house wherever such facilities are shared. All such facilities shall be located within the residence building served and shall be directly accessible from a common hall or passageway and shall be not more than one story removed from any of the persons sharing such facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot and cold water at all times. Such required facilities shall not be located in a cellar or uninhabitable basement.
(B) Minimum floor area for sleeping purposes. Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant, shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor area. Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor area for each occupant 12 years of age and over, and at least 35 square feet of floor area for each occupant under 12 years of age.
(C) Sanitary conditions. The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors and ceilings and for the sanitary maintenance of every other part of the rooming house. He or she shall further be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire structure or building within which the rooming house is contained is leased or occupied by the operator.
(D) Sanitary facilities. Every water closet, flush urinal, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower required by division (A) of this section shall be located within the rooming house and within a room which affords privacy and is separate from the habitable rooms and which is accessible from any common hall and without going outside the rooming house or through any other room herein.
(Ord. passed 7-14-2008)